Somewhere in the sea of students on this stage is Mason with his trumpet. The concert was short and sweet. The fifth and sixth graders performed three songs: Centurion by Mark Williams, Majestic March by Paul Lavender and Gizmo by Ralph Ford. Mason was a little camera shy tonight so I am reposting this photo […]
Bill discovered a women’s and pediatric dermatology seminar in Newport Beach and it happened to all over Mason’s break. Bill made plans to go and we worked out the details so Mason could have a sleepover with Gramma and Papa. They left Evansville early afternoon on Thursday and flew out to Irvine. The layover in […]
Mason is celebrating his birthday at camp this year so we scheduled the opposite of a do over. Shall we call it a do ahead? It started with breakfast in bed. Bill’s specialty pancakes, bacon and strawberries were the fare. Then Mason opened presents. Walker surprised him with a book by one of his favorite […]
Last Wednesday was the long awaited release date of the Play Station VR. This video game console has been on Mason’s radar for months. Ever since we went to Louisville to give it a test run, he has been scraping every penny he could earn or find into his piggy bank to buy it. Right […]
Though I have been blogging now for nine years (gasp) and have put up 1,496 posts, Mason has just recently discovered this spot of ours on the internet. This afternoon I found him sitting at the computer reading entries from years ago. He has always been my child who has loved being told personal family […]
While Mason was able to wake up under the birthday quilt the day before his birthday, I waited until he got back from camp to take the pictures in front of the hanging quilt.
Monday is Mason’s eleventh birthday and by his choice, he will be away at camp. He loves his birthday and told us, maybe a time or two, that he wanted to have a small early birthday celebration before he left and a larger one when he got back. We started his day with one of […]
Inspection at Camp It’s been a joy of watching Mason pop up in this week’s camp photos on Bunk 1. He and the Amantacha unit survived the first night of inspection. Mason absolutely loves gaga ball. As soon as we get to camp, he makes his way to the gaga pit. He’s watching this game […]
Summer is officially here now that Mason is headed to his first week of summer camp at Ondessonk. He was so eager to get there and get started that we left our house before 8 am. It’s a two hour drive and the gates open at 1 pm promptly. That meant that we had a […]
To earn an engineering badge in cub scouts, Mason constructed a bridge made of dried spaghetti and glue. Then we had to test its strength so Mason added coins one at a time to see what would happen. Mason started by adding coins to the cup one at a time. In a series of […]